Letters from the garden

The Journal

Letters and essays on tending a life together, written in Dr. Laiyemo’s own hand.

A new letter is planted every month.

Emotional

The Horizon Habit

Couples who last are not couples who never struggle. They are couples who keep a horizon: something ahead of them, chosen together.

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Financial

We teach couples to talk about affection, family, even grief. Then we hand them a joint account and wish them luck.

7 minute read

Social

Newly married couples are often told the first year is the hardest. It is kinder, and truer, to say the first year is the most formative.

5 minute read